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Kudzu (Pueraria montana)

Kudzu, also known as foot-a-night vine, Japanese arrowroot, and the-vine-that-ate-the-South, was first introduced to North America in 1876 at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. Kudzu became popular as a shade plant on porches in the American South and was heavily promoted for erosion control and as a drought-tolerant food for livestock. Kudzu is now in 30 states from Oregon to Massachusetts, from Nebraska to Texas; the vine is most common in the South. Kudzu can quickly crowd out and out-compete natives species, and it can physically crush native plants (and some man-made structures, as well). And now Kudzu, the-vine-that-ate-the-South, is in New York.

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This 3 minute video, produced by the University of Tennessee, takes a quick look at why this vine is such a problem.